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Planisfero del mondo vecchio

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Title
Planisfero del mondo vecchio
Subject
Australia--Discovery and exploration
Coasts--Australia
Discoveries in geography
Early maps
Names, Dutch
Italian language--Written Italian
Category
1. Settlement
Place of Publication
Venice
Keywords
Arnhem Land
Creator
P. Coronelli
Current holder
Northern Territory Library
Date
1695
Link
https://lant.on.worldcat.org/oclc/221959990
Series number
Rare map 137 shelf 22
Item number
221959990
Access rights
Request at location
Country of origin
Italy
Language
Italian
Dutch
Description from source
From: Atlante veneto / opera, e studio del padre maestro Coronelli Min. Convent ... ad uso dell' Accademia cosmografica de gli Argonauti. Tomo I. In Venetia, [1695?].

1 map ; 40.8 cm in diam., on sheet 47.9 x 67.7 cm

Map of the Eastern Hemisphere. The map includes place names in Italian, and shows European discovery dates. On the Australian continent, Dutch place names are shown. The continent is shown with an incomplete south eastern coastline; the north eastern part of the continent is cut from the sheet. On the Australian continent is shown 'Terra Concordia (1618)', 'Terra d'Edels 1619', 'Terra de Lewin 1622', 'Terra de Pietro Nuyts 1627'. At the southern part of the continent is shown the Island of 'San Francesco', (Kangaroo Island). At the northern part of the continent is 'Terra di Diemen', and 'Terra di Arnhem'. At the lower section of the sheet is a large 'Terra Australe Incognita', drawn with a vague and incomplete coastline. Has decorative border, with astrological symbols. At the upper left of the sheet is a dedication to Signore Pietro Marcello. At the lower sides of the sheet are the tables "Un grado del circolo massimo della terra" and "Quante miglia, o leghe conuengono ad un grado dell Equatore."
Physical format
Maps